Wichita eagle., 1887-09-01
THE CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
To the Eiisor o, The Eas1e.

To the Eiitor o; The Easie
This is just the time when, it seems to me-
the attention Of the people should be more
definitely called to the city high school and
to the advantages and facilities which it Of
fers for completing the course of the public
schools. and for preparing for higher course
of study. 1t will be the policy of the board
of education to make the high school the
very best Of its kid. To make it at once
the crown Of the city public schools and also
an ample and honorable vestibule to higher
institutions of learning. Three years ago
the high school had but twenty five or thirty
students and one teacher and no graduating
class. 1t will begin the school year Just at
hand with over one hundred students,
the classes all represented, four teach
ers, improved apparatus and new material
for the laboratory and generally increased
facilities for thorough work.
| Prof. q. p ShuIl will continue at this
place as principal Of the High school His
two years service in that position has proved
him to be an efficient and acceptable teacher,
and these two years have only the better
prepared him for third years work. The
board of education, am confident, has been
fortunate in its selection of the three assist
antsfor Prof. Shull in the work of the High
school. Miss Jennie Ring is a graduate of a
ladies seminary CT high gra 'e in northern
Ohio. and comes very highly recommended
by those who have known her both as pupil
and as teacher. Miss Kate Pearson, an
Of <ho -
the Indiana State University, Bloom
ington, Ind, and comes to work here after
several years experience as teacher, part of
the time in Kansaf. Miss Adella NJ. Smoke,
the third of the assistants, is graduate of
the classical course of Iowa college, Grinnell,
Iowa. After three years of professional
work her alma mater has conferred upon her
the second academic degree and she comes to
the work of the high school with the diploma
and attainments of master Of arts. With
this teaching force l believe the high school
will not only equal but surpass its former
record
l would call attention to the three courses
of study of the high school. There is first
the English course. 1t is intended for those
who may not be inclined to classical study or
who must conclude their school
days with the high school. 1t will give a
good working English education comprising
q training in rhetoric, English literature,
general history, civil government chemistry, !
botany, mental philolsphy and logic
The classical course substitutes Latin for |
0f -,
course and is intended to fit students for |
scientific courses in college with Latin. The |
college preparatory courts is intended to
prepare.students for entering the full classic
al course in college. 1t substitutes Latin
md Greek for the natural sciences of the
English course, leaving these branches to be
AIKEN up, as they will be, in the higher cours-
IS Of study.
In a city such as Wichita full of
ife business and energy in all
he practical affairs of life, the temptations
or our youth to quit the school room early
Ire very great. In the rush to get into busi-
less and money making and society, higher
considerations are apt to be over looked be-
,ause they are not so clamerous and loud in
PRESSING their claims. But / suggest that it
would be shame for Kansas always to i'm
,ort her really educated minds, her ablest
awyers, physicians, ministers, journalists
md statesmen from other states. She should
ear these upon her own soil, and the way to
hese positions is through our high schools,
cademies, colleges and universities. Young
nen and maidens, boys and girls, festinate
ute, Get into your positions in life by way
f the high school. C. j. BROWN,
Pres't Board Of Education.
Wichita Kan, Aug. 81, 1887. II